Germany's populist Alternative for Germany Party, which has strongly opposed Chancellor Angela Merkel's open migration policy, has overtaken the co-ruling Social Democrats (SPD) in voter popularity to become the second-strongest party behind Merkel's conservatives, according to a recent poll. The AfD moved up 2% since the last survey on September 9, bringing it to 18% - 1% more than the junior coalition partner SPD, which lost a point. Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which has led German governments since 2005, also slipped a point to 28%, its worst result since the survey was launched in 1997.
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